Marissa Elizabeth Tanner

Marissa Elizabeth Tanner

Mt. Pleasant

Marissa Elizabeth Tanner 38, of Mt. Pleasant passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, after a single vehicle car crash with her dog.

Marissa was born on February 6, 1987, in Westerville, Ohio, the daughter of Mark Tanner and Kelly Kyde. Marissa was known for her colorful style, artistic talent and boundless love for all of God’s animals. Marissa attended Columbus School for Girls and graduated from Watkins Memorial High School in Columbus, Ohio, before relocating to Iowa. She worked at All God’s Creatures and Big Dogs Tattoos, both of Mount Pleasant.

She is survived by her mother and stepfather, Kelly and Michael Kyde, her son, Phoenix Pettry, and her daughters, Alicea Novak and Harley Venn, as well as countless others whose lives were touched by her kindness and generosity.

Marissa is preceded in death by her brother, Luke Kenneth Tanner, her maternal grandparents, John Joseph Derfler and Delphia Conley Derfler, and paternal grandparents Kenneth Tanner and Martha Tomcho Tanner.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 10:30 am at the Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 S. Jackson Street Mount Pleasant, with Father Ross Epping celebrating the mass.

There will be a second service is Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 11:00 am at the First Pentecostal Assembly of God Church 733 Church Street Ottumwa, Iowa.

Memorials may be directed to the Heartland Humane Society, 314 Fox and Sauk Rd., PO Box 1149, Ottumwa, Iowa, 52501, and to All God's Creatures, 2205 East Washington Street, Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com.

The Murphy Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant is honored to serve the family with love, comfort and dignity as we celebrate the life of Marissa Tanner.